Took an hour today to drive to the Lower Sandy Bay post office at 7.45 today as it was showing…read moreonline at being open at 7am. It was closed when I arrived but showing on the door were its hours of operation which showed that it is open at 7am. I did not appreciate having wasted two hours of petrol and my time. A complete lack of consideration for customers.

The staff here are amazingly helpful often under difficult situations during peak time. Nothing is…read moretoo much bother, always happy to assist problem solve and the store always has beautiful gifts cards and other items, as well as being a newsagency post office and lotto outlet. Very busy store but ever so kind and great offering fab service

South of the town of Ross, there's a lot of Convict history here in Tasmania, of which this bridge…read moreacross the River Coal is an impressive and scenic example. A couple other Yelp reviews cover more of this fascinating history. The Bridge is still in use and we were on it on our way to Lunch (meat pie of course) and ice cream. We also took the time to admire the bridge close up on the ground on both sides.

A stop in Richmond is worth it for the Bridge and Ice Cream. Richmond Bridge was built by convict…read morelabor in 1823 and is the oldest stone span bridge still in use in Australia. This engineering marvel represents the hardships of the past convicts and also their craftsmanship and resilience while serving time in some of the worst conditions.

This site was our first introduction to the time when convicts were "exported" from the UK as part…read moreof the punishment for their crimes. Cascades Female Factory was sold off and mostly dismantled after it closed down. The government had to purchase back most of the property and return it to the original state to open the site for historical visits. We took bus 446 (free pending the outcome of the US-Iran war) from near our hotel and it got us there in around 15 minutes. There were two guided tour options offered (1) Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls which was focused on specific women's stories and (2) Convict Women's Tour which provided an overview of life, hardships, conditions and more inside. Each focused on different parts of the factory so it was best to arrive at least 30 minutes early or stay after the tour to see the part of the factory not covered in the guided tour. Good signage were posted throughout the site along with many individual profiles of the women convicts. There wasn't much to see (mostly walls, building outlines and one original home) but the tour guides brought the history and the stories of some of the female convicts to life. Very harsh living conditions, extreme penalties, abuse and heartbreaking separation from the children were conveyed throughout the tour. Well worth a visit if you have time in Hobart. If you have the Port Arthur Historic Site Ticket of Leave (housed the male convicts) then you can visit this site for free.

This UNESCO World heritage site is the best place to connect with a lesser known stories of…read moreAustralia's female convicts. The story is told through bios and artifacts of the displacement, mistreatment and forced migration of convict women & girls, and their contribution to colonisation throughout the history of colonial Australia to the present day. On the journey women were divided into 2 groups depending on their behavior. The class system regulated clothing & jobs of the women while in the factory. The more trustworthy women were employed as cooks, task overseers & hospital attendants. Second class convicts made clothes for the establishment and prepared & mended linen. The crime class was sentenced to the washtub, laundering for the factory, the orphan school and the penitentiary; they also carded and spun wool. All of these tasks were subject to change at the discretion of the Principal Superintendent.

This fountain was dedicated in 1988 and presented to the people of Tasmania by the State's Dutch…read morecommunity as a bicentennial gift. The monuments consists of a fountain, a full sized bronze sculpture of Abel Tasman, two bronze sailing ships and various quality plaques. There is also a rough hewn white rock plinth showing the Southern Cross in bronze. The sculpture is the work of Stephen Walker, a local artist.

This dock is basically for the two Mures fish restaurant and some fishing boats. Not much else to…read moresay about it, as it is otherwise uninteresting. I dined at the upstairs Mures restaurant, which was excellent.

The controversy over the William Crowther statue in Hobart centres on Crowther's role in the 1869…read morepost‑mortem mutilation of Aboriginal man William Lanne, a surviving Tasmanian Aboriginal man who had been subjected to colonial violence, forced removals, and disease. Crowther's actions were part of a broader 19th‑century trend of collecting Aboriginal remains for "scientific" study, often with political and social benefits for those who could provide them ABC. His removal of Lanne's skull was a deeply offensive act, and the incident became a public scandal involving Tasmania's political leaders at the time. For decades, the Palawa community and their allies have campaigned for the statue's removal, viewing it as a symbol of colonial violence and racial intolerance. In 2021, Hobart City Council launched the Crowther Reinterpreted Project, using temporary artworks to provoke dialogue about this contested history Springer. In 2022, the council voted to remove the statue while keeping its sandstone plinth, with plans for interpretive signage. On May 15 (2024) the statue was vandalized overnight -- cut at the ankles and graffitied with "what goes around" and "decolonize" and the council expressed disappointment but said it would preserve the statue in a respectful manner. Our guide informed us that the Council is still working the issue.

Everyone poses next to the Antarctica Monuments on the waterfront in Hobart. It is titled "Self…read moreportrait, Louis and Joe". The sculpture is a portrait of Louis Bernacchi, holding a flag, and his Husky dog, Joe, standing in front of an old box camera which is on a tripod. There are another series of sculptures which comprise this monument including suit cases, skis, ropes, pick axes and other equipment as well as more dogs, seals and penguins on rocks (which appear to be part of a sculpture entitled "Going South") as well as numerous birds. Bernacchi was a scientist, photographer & writer who went on expeditions to Antarctica. The first was with the Borchgrevink Antarctic Expedition from 1898-1900 on the ship "Southern Cross" which left Hobart from where this monument stands. The second was with Scott's British National Expedition in 1901-1904.

My wife and I had an awesome tour of the Cape Bruny lighthouse today. Our tour guide was friendly…read moreand genuinely passionate about teaching us about the history behind the lighthouse. Well worth the $15 each for the tour. They also offer some great bus trips and sunset tours of the lighthouse. Thanks so much!